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A death at Crooked Creek : the case of the cowboy, the cigarmaker, and the love letter
- Title
- A death at Crooked Creek : the case of the cowboy, the cigarmaker, and the love letter / Marianne Wesson.
- Author
- Wesson, Marianne.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, [2013]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 13-3756 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxvi, 379 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Hillmon, Sallie E. > Trials, litigation, etc
- Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York > Trials, litigation, etc
- Trials > Kansas > History > 19th century
- Insurance fraud > Kansas > History > Cases. > 19th century
- Evidence, Hearsay > United States > History > Cases. > 19th century
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon, 145 U.S. 285 (1892)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-378) and index.
- Contents
- Important characters in the story of the Hillmon case -- Timeline of events important to the Hillmon litigation -- A winter journey leads to an inquest : 1879 -- The parties ready their cases for trial : 1879-1882 -- The Hillmon case is tried before a jury : 1882 -- The case is tried twice more, and a surprising objection is made : 1884-1888 -- The Supreme Court hears a case of "graveyard insurance" : 1892 -- John Hillmon is reported to be alive as the arduous fourth trial proceeds : 1893-95 -- The fifth trial progresses briskly but ends inconclusively, and New York Life capitulates : 1896-1899 -- The Hillmon case is tried for the last time : 1899 -- The century turns, and the Hillmon case is concluded : 1900-1903.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-3756
- ISBN
- 9780814784563
- 0814784569
- LCCN
- 2012048184
- OCLC
- 2012048184
- Author
- Wesson, Marianne.
- Title
- A death at Crooked Creek : the case of the cowboy, the cigarmaker, and the love letter / Marianne Wesson.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-378) and index.
- Indexed Term
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon, 145 U.S. 285 (1892)
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-3756